] But
it is important to remember that in so far as we allow ourselves to
become victims of habit, living only a materialistic and static type of
existence, we retard the divine operations. On the other hand, in so far
as our spirit finds joy in creative activity and in the furtherance of
spiritual values, to this extent we may be regarded as fellow-labourers
together with God. We cannot, by intellectual searching find out God,
yet we may realize and express quite consistently with Bergson's
philosophy the truth that "in Him we live, and move, and have our
being."
CHAPTER XII
REFLECTIONS
Bergson not systematic--His style--Difficult to classify--Empirical and
spiritual--Value of his ideas on Change, the nature of Mind, of Freedom-
-Difficulties in his evolutionary theory--Ethical lack--Need for
supplement-Emphasis on Will, Creativeness, Human Progress and
Possibilities.
In concluding this study of Bergson's philosophy, it remains to sum up
and to review its general merits and deficiencies. We must remember, in
fairness to Bergson, that he does not profess to offer us A SYSTEM of
philosophy. In fact, if he were to do so, he would involve himself in a
grave inconsistency, for his thought is not of the systematic type. He
is opposed to the work of those individual thinkers who have offered
"systems" to the world, rounded and professedly complete constructions,
labelled, one might almost say, "the last word in Philosophy." Bergson
does not claim that his thought is final.
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